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The new mutants : superheroes and the radical imagination of American comics

Fawaz, Ramzi, author

Overview

In The New Mutants, Ramzi Fawaz draws upon queer theory to tell the story of these monstrous fantasy figures and how they grapple with radical politics from Civil Rights and The New Left to Women's and Gay Liberation Movements. Through a series of comic book case studies including The Justice League of America, The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, and The New Mutants alongside late 20th century fan writing, cultural criticism, and political documents, Fawaz reveals how the American superhero modeled new forms of social belonging that counterculture youth would embrace in the 1960s and after. The New Mutants provides the first full-length study to consider the relationship between comic book fantasy and radical politics in the modern United States.

• Publisher: New York University Press
• Subject: Comic books, strips, etc. United States History and criticism. / Comic books, strips, etc. United States Political aspects. / Superheroes in literature.
• ISBN: 9781479814336, 1479814334, 9781479823086, 1479823082

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PN6725.F37 2015	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE